Relegation battle is incentive for young loan star

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THERE have been, perhaps, two pivotal matches this season that explain why Kieran Richardson is battling creditably against relegation with West Bromwich Albion rather than playing regularly in Manchester United’s match-day squad.

The England Under-21 winger was offered the chance to step up in December when Sir Alex Ferguson named a young team to face Fenerbahçe at the end of the Champions League group stage. The Manchester United manager, his team having already qualified for the knockout stages, sniffily dismissed the notion that he was sending out a shadow squad and fully expected a team led by Darren Fletcher, Wes